Conveyer.



W. PRZEDNOWEK.

CONVEYER.

APPLICATION man JuLYzo, 1917.

Patented June 18, l918.

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T0 @umm may ma@ .Y Be ity known that# I, 'WoJoiiioiir-'PRZED Nowak', a`citizen of Canada,resider'it""o'f;

Cromwell, Province of Manitoba, andDo'i minion of" Canada,v havelinvented certain new and luseful Improvements in Con" of which thefollowing is'a`specification.y

This invention relates 'to improvements' iii extending over the sideYfor discharge", land" a further object isto provide cnveyes with anovel form ofconveying device',ftlief"le ments of whicharedetachably'engaged with a constantly moving belt.k v

These and other like objects'are attained by the novelconstruction andcombination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wheeled conveyer made in accordancewith the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective view showing the arrangement of beltreinforcing elements.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional l view of the conveyer chain,showing its connection with a roller. f

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing one of the carrying blocks, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking from the lower side of a modifiedform of the same.

The drawings show a vehicle mounted upon wheels 11 and 12, respectivelyat thel face over whichhe vehicle may be passing.

The forward extreme upper ends of the chute walls 18 have mounted inthem a transverse shaft 20` having at its end a sprocket 21, driventhrough a chain 22, from a itpaaiionaieaiayio, 191,1? anamnese@ Lsprocket 23` on the reargaxle,v and bythe wheels' '12, in anobifioiis;*iiiz'niner7 Also on the' shaft-20 lisadriving roller 25,l asimilar driven[rollerV 2'6fbeing at the lower, extended endv oftlihiite'lS, a'idovfer these rollersp'asses a heavy,` canvas belt 30,thefsaine being of siliii'cient width tolv filll the space betweenl theside-ofthe lcliiit'ejwhicli is substantially vehicletopx'- ,A 4 Y x l`|Another transverse shaft 32` is inoun Vted the sideplatesv 31, attachedat their 'ends to tliepofsts f 16""a`nd` 17 respectively, and has!affixedy upon ital' sprocket'3,` driven by thev` chain-` 3'4, throughthe sprocket wn'ioiinted up'on lthe 20, and byu-means, of which an#`other fb'lt 'conveyer 30,l arranged `between th e` sides 31 isactuated'.i" l" "r .y Also actuated tlievwshaft v32, are pairs o'i'jniiter gears37 and 38, one ofthe latter 'gears being mounted on a shaft 40,rotatable in bearings formed in the chute 42, the same being supportedat its upper end by the posts 16 and containing rollers over which is athird conveyer belt 45, terminating at some distance outward from oneside of the Vehicle. When the vehicle is moved over the ground, motionis conveyed to the several conveyer belts, so that articles placed inthe lowerinost chute will ultimately be distributed at the end of thechute 42, at the side 'of the vehicle. v

Use throughout is made of novel form of conveyer belt, consisting of arelatively thick heavy strip 30 of canvas or the like,

to which is secured transversely at evenlyspaced intervals, metallicstrips 50, containing elongated openings 51, the same being registerablewith similar elongated openings 52, formed in the belt 30 through whichextend stems 54 formed with metallic blocks 55, the upper beveledsurface of which terminates in a diamond shaped point 56, while theblock may be rigidly clamped to the belt by means of nuts.

One end of the block 55 is adapted to make intimate contact with 'theadjacent blocks 60, having relatively sharp edges 61, at their outersides, and in the bottoms of which are secured stems 62. turned at aright angle, forming liookslGS, which are adapted to be engaged in theopenings 51, formed through the belt 30, and pressed lengthwise so as tolock or clampthe blocks equivalent yi'ir'ividth*to tlie i rigidly withthe belt surface, reinforcing strips 50 being interposed therebetween.

In order to prevent the blocks from turning on the stems 62, they areprovided with end openings in which is engageable stems 65, extendingfrom adjacent blocks thereby permitting the blocks to be interchangeablyengaged, thus presentingl a series of upstanding blocks on the surfaceof the belt so that various commodities may be moved therewith.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that blocks of different shapes maybe interchangeably used, the act of changing from one end to the otherbeing readily accomplished.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire t0secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. In a conveyer, the combination with a belt having at spaced intervalsa plurality of transverse slots, strips disposed upon each side of saidbelt, said strips having slots registerable with the slots through saidbelts, a series of blocks disposable on said belt surface, stems formed.with said blocks, and means for securing said stems within thementioned slots in said belt and strips.-

2. In a conveyer belt, the combination with an endless belt having aseries of spaced longitudinal transverse slots formed therethrough,strips engageable with said belt surface upon each side thereof, saidstrips having slots alinable with the slots in said belt, a plurality ofblocks engageable with said strips, stems formed with said blocksextending through the mentioned slots, means for holding said stems inengagement with said strips and belt, and means vformed in the adjacentsides of said blocks whereby each block is engaged with the one neXtcontiguous to it. Y n

3. In a conveyer, the combination with an endless belt,.and a pluralityof carrier blocks, of strips disposed between said carrier blocks andthe surface of said belts, elongated slots formed transversely throughsaid belt, stems formed with said blocks receivable in the mentionedslots, each of said blocks having an opening upon one side, and acorresponding stem rigidly engaged with the opposite side of said blockswhereby all of said blocks in one row are engaged together.

In testimony whereof I hive ailixed my signature.

WOJCIECH PRZEDNOWEK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, 'py addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

